In your notebook, answer the following:
– Describe the setting in Book 9?
– What type of epic characteristics does the
Cyclops represent?
– What is the theme (big idea) in this part
of the story?
Troy
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Yeah. Victory! So long
you smelly Trojans
Troy
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Cicones
Troy
Odysseus and his men raid the coastal town of
Cicones. The Cicones counterattack and kill 72 of
Odysseus’ men.
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Odysseus’ men eat the Lotus flower. He must force
them to leave.
Cicones
Troy
Land of Lotus Eaters
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Cyclopes
Cicones
Troy
Odysseus blinds Polyphemous after getting him
drunk.
Land of Lotus Eaters
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Aeolus
Cyclopes
Cicones
Troy
King Aeolus gives Odysseus Bags of Wind.
Land of Lotus Eaters
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Aeolus
Cyclopes
Cicones
Troy
Laestrygonians
Land of Lotus Eaters
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The fleet land at Lamos, ruled by the
Laestrygonians. The Laestrygonians attack and eat
the Greeks. Only Odysseus’ ship survives.
Circe
Aeolus
Cyclopes
Cicones
Troy
Laestrygonians
Circe turns the crew into swine, but Hermes
protects Odysseus by giving him Moly.
Land of Lotus Eaters
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Odysseus consults Teiresias to learn how he can
Underworld
get back to Ithaca.
Circe
Aeolus
Cyclopes
Cicones
Underworld
Troy
Laestrygonians
Land of Lotus Eaters
Odysseus consults Teiresias to learn how he can
get back to Ithaca.
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Odysseus consults Teiresias to learn how he can
Underworld
get back to Ithaca.
Circe
Aeolus
Cyclopes
Sirens
Underworld
Laestrygonians
Cicones
Troy
Odysseus’ men put wax in their ears to avoid hearing
the Sirens’ song. Odysseus binds himself to the ship’s
mast and listens.
Land of Lotus Eaters
AFRICA
Odysseus consults Teiresias to learn how he can
Underworld
get back to Ithaca.
Circe
Aeolus
Cicones
Cyclopes
Sirens
Underworld
Troy
Charybdis & Scylla
Laestrygonians
Land of Lotus Eaters
AFRICA
As they pass through Charybdis and Scylla, Odysseus
purposely sails closer to Scylla in order to avoid losing
the ship in the whirlpool.
Odysseus consults Teiresias to learn how he can
Underworld
get back to Ithaca.
Circe
Aeolus
Cicones
Cyclopes
Sirens
Underworld
Troy
Charybdis & Scylla
Laestrygonians
Island of Sun - Helios
Land of Lotus Eaters
For slaughtering cattle on the Island of the Sun,
Zeus smashed the ship with a thunderbolt. Only
Odysseus survives.
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Odysseus consults Teiresias to learn how he can
Underworld
get back to Ithaca.
Circe
Aeolus
Cicones
Cyclopes
Sirens
Underworld
Troy
Charybdis & Scylla
Laestrygonians
Calypso
Island of Sun - Helios
Land of Lotus Eaters
Odysseus has a 7 year love affair with Calypso until
Hermes arrives and demands that she release him.
AFRICA
Odysseus consults Teiresias to learn how he can
Underworld
get back to Ithaca.
Circe
Aeolus
Cicones
Cyclopes
Sirens
Underworld
Phaeacians
Troy
Charybdis & Scylla
Laestrygonians
Calypso
Island of Sun - Helios
Land of Lotus Eaters
Odysseus lands on the shores of the Phaeacians
where he retells his story and gets help to return to
Ithaca.
AFRICA
Odysseus consults Teiresias to learn how he can
Underworld
get back to Ithaca.
Circe
Aeolus
Cicones
Cyclopes
Sirens
Underworld
Phaeacians
Troy
Charybdis & Scylla
Laestrygonians
ITHACA
Calypso
Island of Sun - Helios
Land of Lotus Eaters
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Odysseus returns to Ithaca in disguise to
fight off the suitors.
Odysseus consults Teiresias to learn how he can
Underworld
get back to Ithaca.
10 Years fighting the Trojans
Circe
Aeolus
Cicones
Cyclopes
Sirens
Underworld
Phaeacians
Charybdis & Scylla
Laestrygonians
Calypso
Island of Sun - Helios
7 years with Calypso
Land of Lotus Eaters
Remember: Odysseus has been gone for
20 years.
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Troy
ITHACA
Reading problems?
1. Find two areas you had problems
with when reading Book 9. Explain what
they were. Give line numbers--i.e.,
lines 91-120.
2.Write down questions your group
cannot answer.
Reading problems?
1.In your group, come up with a list of
strategies that might help you read the
Odyssey.
• (re) read it aloud
• use the notes in the margins
• use the blue questions to check
your understanding. If you don’t
understand go back and reread.